Chapter 14: Family Event
Moana

“I’ll pay.”

Ella and I were both shocked when we turned around to see Edrick standing there, credit card in hand, his face covered by sunglasses and a surgical mask.

“Daddy!” Ella exclaimed.

Edrick handed the ice cream salesman his credit card and ruffled Ella’s hair. “Eat your ice cream before it melts,” he said, guiding us away from the stand and the people behind us who were getting quickly annoyed at us for holding up the line to get ice cream.

“I thought you had to work,” Ella said.

“I decided to come home early so I could spend your birthday with you after all,” Edrick replied. “But you weren’t home. Selina told me that you went on an outing…” I couldn’t see his eyes through his sunglasses, but the way his head slowly turned toward me told me everything I needed to know.

instructed Ella to sit while she finished her ice cream, then he stood next to me and

did you take her out if you had no money?” he asked, his

while. And besides, the driver is

and said nothing else. Ella, who had been listening the entire time, suddenly jumped up from her bench. “This

was afraid that her father would make

said. “It’s really not safe for us

my birthday,” she whined. “You never want to go anywhere,

said quietly. “Let her enjoy her

crouching to wipe the ice cream off of Ella’s face with a napkin. “Alright,” he

but take out my phone to secretly snap some sweet pictures of Ella and Edrick together. It was so sweet watching them play games together, and seeing Ella sitting on Edrick’s shoulders while we walked that I couldn’t help myself. Edrick didn’t seem to mind the photos, either, although I wondered why he was so adamant on keeping his mask on; would he really want to look back at photos with his daughter and see that his face was covered for all

still had just as much energy, and insisted on one more ride

go up, now that we were safe from prying eyes, Edrick took off his sunglasses to reveal steely gray eyes that appeared surprisingly happy for the first time since I had met

the Alpha billionaire needed a fun outing just as

my mouth. The way that the last rays of sunlight refracted across the treetops as they swayed in the hot summer breeze, and the way that the

me to see Ella giggling and peering out over the crowd. And behind her, her father wasn’t looking at the

looking at

me on accident. Soon, the ferris wheel began to roll us back downward, lowering us back into the

his mask back on then got out with Ella in one of his arms. Then, he turned around and held out his other hand for me to help me out. My blush deepened as I felt his cool palm, but we both quickly pulled

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